Completing the Project


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number


Overview/Description
Every successful project comes to an end. In contrast, unsuccessful projects linger on, never reaching a final point, continuing to consume resources and careers. These are not high points in anyone's curriculum vitae. So, it is just as critical to know how to end a project as it is to begin one. In this course you will gain the skills to use project management tools for tracking progress and staying focused on a positive outcome. You will also learn how to "crash" a project, analyse the costs and the benefits, and keep your project from the always present dangers of "scope creep". In the final lesson, you will move into the final phase of your project, completion. Here you will gain the skills necessary for finishing your project, disassembling the team, completing a project's "post" and finally, celebrating your successes.

Target Audience
Anyone who works on a project team, including managers, supervisors, project managers and team leaders.

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

Tracking the Project

  • employ the skills necessary for tracking the project progress.
  • recognise the components of a Work-in-Progress report.
  • calculate the Earned Value of a project using the information provided.
  • recognise how to use the critical path to track project progress.

    • Dealing with Project Change

  • recognise the value in learning different methods and techniques for managing project change.
  • recognise how and when to crash a task.
  • recognise the value of fast-tracking project tasks.
  • recognise the value in controlling scope creep.

    • Completing the Project

  • recognise the components that are necessary for successful project completion.
  • recognise the importance of delivering training and documentation to the client organisation in support of the project.
  • recognise the value of setting up the processes for successfully closing the project book.
  • recognise how to construct a post-mortem analysis.
  • recognise the importance of celebrating success at the end of a project.

    • Course Number:
    PROJ8106